MONDAY TELEMETRY For March 28th, 2011

Welcome to another installment of Monday Telemetry, a weekly blog from The Launchpad that covers some of the more interesting releases or events that are coming to the store this week.

A lot of cool stuff this week! Read on! [See the full list of new titles here!]

BUTCHER BAKER RIGHTEOUS MAKER #1
MATURE READERS.
Maybe you've seen the PR - now read the comicbook! At one time, BUTCHER BAKER was the preeminent, All-American superhero.  Now he's... getting laid.  A lot.  But one last mission could signal his return to glory, and now he's back on the blacktop!  It's a balls-out, surreal super-epic from creators JOE CASEY (GØDLAND, Ben 10) and MIKE HUDDLESTON (The Coffin), and it starts right here!

GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #1
The King of the Monsters rises again, and for the first time in comics, he's bringing lots of other beloved Toho monsters with him in one destructive saga, and The Goon's Eric Powell is sounding the alarm. Powell will also paint covers for each issue of this new ongoing series, including a wraparound cover to kick things off! Acclaimed artist Phil Hester signs on for the first storyline, and Alex Ross supplies a painted 50/50 variant cover! This is the Big G storyline you've been waiting for!

KICK-ASS 2 #2
IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE!
The sequel to the New York Times best-selling comic--which spawned the hit movie--continues! When Dave Lizewski put on his mask and became Kick-Ass, he never imagined things would go this far. Now Dave comes face-to-face with a world he helped bring about, as his dreams of a world of superheroes come true...but will those dreams turn to nightmares? Don't miss the comic book event of the year! Plus: Hit-Girl!

SPIDER-GIRL #5 BIG
THE SPIDER VS. THE HUNTER! Will Spider-Girl catch Ana Kraven in her web or has the young huntress finally gained the upper hand in this fearsome family feud?!  The Next Generation of one of comics great rivalries takes center stage - and in the wings, is a Goblin lurks! By Paul Tobin (MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN) and Matthew Southworth (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN)

ULTIMATE COMICS X #4
The Ultimate Universe's most talked about series continues! Ultimate Spider-Man Peter Parker's classmate Liz Allen vanished after Ultimatum.  Where has she been hiding and what connection does she have to the terrible horrible Blob? Join the new cast of Ultimate X as they head to Southern California to find out these secrets and more when Eisner award-winning writer JEPH LOEB and master illustrator ARTHUR ADAMS bring you the next thrilling chapter in this critically-acclaimed series that's selling out everywhere!

Twelve Pounds of ... OGRE!

So there's going to be a 6th edition of Steve Jackson's OGRE. All in a giant box of chipboard counters, rules sheets and so forth, nearly 12 pounds in all.

Here's what SJ has to say about it:

It won’t be “Euro” style. No meeples, no plastic. This will be the kind of hex wargame that we dreamed about 30 years ago, back when our heroes were SPI and Avalon Hill. HUGE double-sided map boards. HUGE full-color counters with HUGE type. A HUGE box to hold them in. And giant constructible Ogres!

Scheduled for release sometime in 2011. Let us know if you want a copy!

DC Comics' Flashpoint Checklist

[We'll try to maintain this list as more titles are solicited. Check back!]

Flashpoint titles shipping in May:

FLASHPOINT #1
BOOSTER GOLD #44 (FLASHPOINT)
FLASH #13 (FLASHPOINT) 
FLASH #12 (FLASHPOINT)

Flashpoint titles shipping in June:

FLASHPOINT #2
FLASHPOINT BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT SECRET SEVEN #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT ABIN SUR THE GREEN LANTERN #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT THE WORLD OF FLASHPOINT #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT EMPEROR AQUAMAN #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT DEATHSTROKE THE CURSE OF RAVAGER #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT FRANKENSTEIN CREATURES OT UNKNOWN #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT CITIZEN COLD #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT LEGION OF DOOM #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT LOIS LANE AND THE RESISTANCE #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT THE OUTSIDER #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT KID FLASH LOST #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT PROJECT SUPERMAN #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT HAL JORDAN #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT GRODD OF WAR #1
FLASHPOINT THE REVERSE FLASH #1
FLASHPOINT GREEN ARROW INDUSTRIES #1
FLASHPOINT THE CANTERBURY CRICKET #1
BOOSTER GOLD #45

Flashpoint titles shipping in July:

BOOSTER GOLD #46 (FLASHPOINT)
FLASHPOINT #3
FLASHPOINT ABIN SUR THE GREEN LANTERN #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT CITIZEN COLD #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT DEATHSTROKE THE CURSE OF RAVAGER #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT EMPEROR AQUAMAN #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT FRANKENSTEIN CREATURES OF UNKNOWN #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT HAL JORDAN #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT KID FLASH LOST #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT LEGION OF DOOM #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT LOIS LANE AND THE RESISTANCE #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT PROJECT SUPERMAN #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT SECRET SEVEN #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT THE OUTSIDER #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT THE WORLD OF FLASHPOINT #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #2 (OF 3)

Flashpoint titles shipping in August:

BOOSTER GOLD #47 (FLASHPOINT)
FLASHPOINT #4
FLASHPOINT #5
FLASHPOINT: ABIN SUR THE GREEN LANTERN #3
FLASHPOINT: BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #3
FLASHPOINT: CITIZEN COLD #3
FLASHPOINT: DEADMAN AND THE FLYING GRAYSONS #3
FLASHPOINT: DEATHSTROKE THE CURSE OF THE RAVAGER #3
FLASHPOINT: EMPEROR AQUAMAN #3
FLASHPOINT: FRANKENSTEIN CREATURES OF THE UNKNOWN #3
FLASHPOINT: HAL JORDAN #3
FLASHPOINT: KID FLASH LOST #3
FLASHPOINT: LEGION OF DOOM #3
FLASHPOINT: LOIS LANE AND THE RESISTANCE #3
FLASHPOINT: PROJECT SUPERMAN #3
FLASHPOINT: SECRET SEVEN #3
FLASHPOINT: THE OUTSIDER #3
FLASHPOINT: THE WORLD OF FLASHPOINT #3
FLASHPOINT: WONDER WOMAN AND THE FURIES #3

Spider Island!

[from Marvel.com]

Marvel is proud to announce Spider-Island, the comic book event of the summer from the creative team of Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos. Kicking off this August in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #667 with a special prelude in #666, the citizens of Manhattan—including some of Spidey’s closest allies and deadliest foes—begin exhibiting the web-slinger’s very own powers! But as Spider-Man must stop a seemingly insurmountable super powered crime wave, he must also find out just who’s responsible for mutating Manhattan…and the truth will irrevocably alter his world. Fans will get their first full-length lead in to Spider-Island in Marvel’s special issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, available for free at The Launchpad on May 7, Free Comic Book Day.

“Back when Slott launched Spider-Man into the ‘Big Time’ last year, he started  laying the groundwork for possibly the biggest Spider-Man story you’ve ever seen,” said Stephen Wacker, Marvel Senior Editor. “The price of power is high for heroes and villains. The Avengers, the FF, Venom, Spider-Girl, Spider-Woman, the Sinister Six and even YOU are connected to ol’ Web-Head in new ways. By the end of this story, we’re going to see what Spider-Man means to Marvel Universe and just how far he’ll go to keep it safe…including some life-changing choices that have major consequences.”

This summer, Spider-Island brings great power to nearly everyone in New York City…and it’s Spidey’s great responsibility to keep this chaos from spreading even further! But just what will Spider-Man have to sacrifice in the process?

Plus, don’t miss “Infested”, beginning in the pages of April’s AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #659 and setting the stage for the next big chapter in Spider-Man history!

More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/news/story/15456/get_set_to_enter_spider-island#ixzz1HjkmfcIa

MONDAY TELEMETRY For March 21st, 2011

Welcome to another installment of Monday Telemetry, a weekly blog from The Launchpad that covers some of the more interesting releases or events that are coming to the store this week.

A lot of cool stuff this week! Read on! [See the full list of new titles here!]

ITEM! Two point one issues this week! Jump on board with Captain America and Thor!

ITEM! The rollback this week is FF #1 (regular cover)! It's price is rolledback to $2.99!

BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #2
It's here, it's here! And the originally solicited cover price of $3.99 has been reduced to $2.99!
Batman faces the Penguin in the search for his childhood friend Dawn Golden...but what The Dark Knight finds sends him on a far darker and more desperate path. Now he's forced to reach out to Etrigan, the Demon for help - a favor that may come at too high a price!

 

FF #1
Rolledback to $2.99!
It's the FANTASTIC first issue of FF! A bold new direction for Marvel's First Family featuring new members, old friends, older enemies and uneasy alliances that will send shockwaves through the Marvel Universe.  With stunning art work by Steve Epting and Paul Mounts, please join writer, Jonathan Hickman, on the second massive arc in the bold new direction for the 'World's Greatest Comic Magazine.'

HELLRAISER #1
This comic will tear your soul apart!
(W) Clive Barker, Christopher Monfette (A) Leonardo Manco
One of the greatest horror franchises of all time returns, now under the control of its original creator! Clive Barker has touched Hellraiser only twice: once to write The Hellbound Heart, and once more to write and direct the original Hellraiser film. Now witness Barker's long-awaited return to tell a new chapter in the series' official continuity, a trajectory that will forever change the Cenobites, the final Pinhead story! Prepare your soul for an epic journey into horror from one of the medium's greatest voices, and starring one of the medium's greatest characters, in an unforgettable new chapter of the Hellraiser.

INVINCIBLE #78
See a preview here.
THE VILTRUMITE WAR CONTINUES!
The dust is settling, the war is over... but nothing will ever be the same. Mark and Eve, Nolan and Debbie are reunited, but the Viltrumites have... well... you'll just have to read the book to find out.